The Dead Sea Scrolls: A Six Part Series

The Dead Sea Scrolls have captured the imagination of the entire worldótheir dramatic discovery by Bedouin shepherds and their subsequent cloak-and-dagger acquisition, the information they give us about the development of the Hebrew Bible, and the lessons they teach about Judaism at the turn of the era and about the roots of Christianity and Rabbinic Judaism.

In this six-part documentary series from Biblical Archaeology Society, world-renowned scholarsówith hands-on experience deciphering and interpreting these 2,000-year-old documentsódiscuss the relevance of the “greatest archaeological discovery of the 20th century.”

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The Secrets of the CavesóDiscoveries and ControversiesRonald S. Hendel, University of California, Berkeley

Qumran and the Text of the Hebrew BibleRonald S. Hendel, University of California, Berkeley

The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Early Christian ChurchJames C. VanderKam, University of Notre Dame

Living at the End of TimeóThe Beliefs of an Apocalyptic CommunityRonald S. Hendel, University of California, Berkeley

The Rewritten Bible at QumranSidnie White Crawford, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Reconstructing the Dead Sea ScrollsóComputers and ConcordancesMartin G. Abegg, Trinity Western University